First Nexus 4 shipments arriving at doorsteps

The first Nexus 4 shipments are landing on the doorsteps of those lucky enough to place an order before the handset sold out Tuesday morning. Google initially quoted buyers a three to five day shipping timeframe, and it looks like things are right on schedule.

The handset remains a hot commodity after initial stock ran dry within minutes of launch. While many were unable to even place an order, some who did successfully purchase the phone were later greeted with a notice that their Nexus 4s were backordered and would not ship for three weeks. If you count yourself among the few that will be seeing the device arrive within the next few days, do your best not to gloat to the rest of us.

Well…mine’s on the truck for delivery…to my apartment…and I stupidly forgot to have it shipped to my work. SO I get to pay $5 to have it redirected to my work and then get it Monday because UPS likes to hold packages hostage over the weekend.

Ryan

I have no idea where mine is there has been no updates to my Google Wallet since the original purchase at 1134 a.m. on the 13th.

Scott Schopman

same with me man… I have no shipping email or anything still. Called google last night and the girl said my order was not backordered an i should recieve shipping info soon… but still nothing…

jeff leet

Same thing with me. Was told I’d get shipping confirmation today but haven’t gotten it yet. Was also told that I should receive the phone on Monday, but I ain’t holding my breath.

Maximillion82

Again same thing here, not back ordered, and I’ve been told the first time I called it will be shipped on Thursday evening, didn’t happen. Called a second time and now been told it’s going to be shipped on Monday. Supply chain management is definitely not something Google has much experience with.

wrxpirate

I ordered at 8:33am PST and am in the same boat. Sounds like a lot of people are in limbo. Major communication fail!

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=500019603 Nathan Bell

Same here… Tried to cancel it today but it wouldn’t let me. Ordered at 10:45 central time tuesday morning… nothing. starting to get pissed. Maybe it’s because I also ordered the bumper

nophables

Same thing here… $380 poorer but no confirmation email and no shipping or back ordered information from Google. Called yesterday and was told no I’m not back ordered. My order was accepted and charged at 9:34:51

http://profiles.google.com/giuseppe.muratori Giuseppe Muratori

I got mine yesterday, it’s really nice. (uk nexus4 owner)

stevethepirate

waiting for the 32GB version in 2 months. Giggity.

Tim

Lol, might take two months for google to get the next shipment of 16gb’s

james ortiz

actually it might be in march.

Pnutt916

With LTE!

abc

It won’t be coming with LTE, at least not through the Play store. I think Google already addressed that…here was an article somewhere on another site about LTE and why it isn’t included.

ari_free

Why? Because it’s too confusing?

abc

Imagine they never release a 32GB version. And you waited for no reason.

I wouldn’t assume just because they did that with the Nexus 7, that they will do the same with Nexus 4.

Malik

That’s exciting, mine should arrive any minute….what’s that? Google fudged up this launch and my phone won’t be arriving for an unspecified time not to exceed 3 weeks (or so they say)? Oh cool. You can tell this kid is still bitter.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Joe-Smith/767528041 Joe Smith

Multiple units, huh? No wonder I couldn’t get one.

kiy0shix24

I’m using mine right now and it’s AWESOME!

http://www.theandroidsite.com benmarvin

Mine is still in a warehouse or factory somewhere. I haven’t ordered it yet.

alfonzso

Mine is on the UPS deliver truck and hopefully I get the Nokia charging plate today as well. :-) Double happiness!

http://twitter.com/Defenestratus Defenestratus

Does anyone know if you can use the Play Store giftcards to get the Devices or are they valid for ONLY apps and games and media?

LTE is a battery drain for very little added, unnecessary speed. I’m glad they left it out.

NIGHTSCOUT

Still carry around a PDA too? Regress is always bad for technology.

ClayRogers

Disagree, if it came with LTE id of disabled it anyway

NIGHTSCOUT

Sure you would…..Once you get a taste of the speed and the low latency, you will not wanna go back to high latency HSPA+

http://www.facebook.com/lucyparanormal Daniel Tiberius

I just went from an LTE Galaxy Note on AT&T to Nexus 4 today and I’m already enjoying my hspa+ speeds and a more built out network. I streamed an album on the way home from dinner earlier and it played without any issues so I’m all set.

NIGHTSCOUT

You should be ashamed of yourself :P I kid, I kid…..

OptimusL

It’s not necessary unless you completely rely on your phone for downloads. I mean wtf are you doing that you need such ridiculous speeds?

NIGHTSCOUT

1. Torrents
2. Apps are becoming larger and larger. 50MB+ is normal now.
3. Not having LTE is regress. This is 2013 (almost)
4. It’s the same as saying: Why have Google Fiber, when you can have Comcast?
5. Get it now?

OptimusL

That doesn’t mean LTE is necessary for everyone, what kind of stuff do you torrent? Movies? Porn?

ClayRogers

Torrents on a computer are stupid, on a phone they are ridiculous. Take the time to learn how to download from usenet. HSPA+ is not regress, they are both competing standards, I personally prefer HSPA+ over LTE.

NIGHTSCOUT

What’s so difficult about torrenting? You need to learn to respect other peoples choices in life. Just cause my choice is different than yours, does not make it wrong. Just different. I bet if the Nexus 4 had LTE capability, you’d flip the script, and say LTE is the future.

T-mobile’s HSPA+42 is very competitive with LTE to the point it doesn’t even matter…. My HTC One S pulls down 20mbps average and average data speeds of lte devices are between 8-10mbps depending on how populated your LTE area is.

Yea some lag a bit but like you said its still good, I do wonder how the Nexus 4 will compare… If it will be a better average though it is 42mbps HSPA+ for it all speeds do vary among devices depending on the antenna.

Yeah the way its formatted on mobile is practically impossible to upload straight from the phone.

Maximillion82

IMO pings are more important than a couple of mbits/s difference, most of the time loading websites on mobile takes a long time because of terrible ping times. Everything over 15 m/bits is more than enough currently, as long as the ping is below 100ms and upload is above 1.5 mbits/s

http://www.facebook.com/dwayne.smith.77312 Dwayne Smith

VZW LTE blows away HSPA+42. I got 25mbps down in heavily populated areas (at the sold out baseball game, seats 41,000+) and in lightly populated areas 40-50 was the norm. It WAS unnecessary and I now have a prepaid GSM GNex but don’t sell LTE short.

http://twitter.com/SParKlngCyaNide SparklingCyanide

Oh please, I get 20 to 28Mbps REGULARLY on T-Mobile HSPA+42 in my area. I couldn’t be happier for something that isn’t LTE but is usually FASTER than Verizon/Att LTE in my area. Cannot wait for those speeds to be a fallback to our LTE-Advanced next year. – )

It has the chip because it’s based of the Optimus G, but I read over at XDA, that the antennas for LTE are missing. Sadly it’s not as easy as just porting drivers, you’d need the antennas from an Optimus G, I guess. Well maybe they will eventually popup on eBay, taking apart a Nexus 4 is really easy according to reviews. If you really want to go through all that work just for LTE. Why not just pick-up an S3 or One X+, root and load stock Android or a custom ROM, it’s much less work.

james ortiz

lucky….I want one so bad

ThreeFourSeven

With all the complaints of no lte, removable battery, or sd slot. I’m giving Google the benefit of the doubt that they thought demand would be low.

http://twitter.com/CameronNewton87 Cameron Newton

“While many were unable to even place an order, some who did successfully purchase the phone were later greeted with a notice that their Nexus 4s were backordered…”

… and a huge number of people have received neither shipping confirm nor back-order email, so who knows what their deal is.

hideeho100

That is not right! If theory put people on backorder, they should have limited all shipped orders to 1 shipment per order.

axlaxl

Scheduled Delivery:Monday, 11/19/2012, By End of Day
Last Location:Departed – Louisville, KY, United States, Friday, 11/16/2012
loooooong weekend…..

Croak

Quitcherbitchin, it could be my ETA:

Scheduled Delivery:Wednesday, 11/21/2012, By End of Day

And BOTH of us were fortunate enough to get orders placed and shipped.

longshot1056

I finally got the confirmation e-mail this morning and will be receiving my phone on Monday, I can not wait.

LiiIiikEaBau5

Mine is never been announced in my country. Gonna wait for ages…

Victor Epée

I got my N10 today. It’s nice but I have to admit it takes for ever to charge it.

Verizon should be banned from ever getting a Nexus they have no respect for the Nexus. No CDMA device will ever be a true Nexus because of all of the carrier control.

http://www.facebook.com/Blake891 Stephen Blake Gallinari

Ordered mine 1 hour after launch and its back ordered… this makes me depressed =/

http://www.facebook.com/jeffrey.rodriguez.71 Jeffrey Rodriguez

Read up on XDA… this thing DOES have an LTE radio in it. Kinda sneaky! Who knows if we will ever get to use it but the chip IS there. Now… if they would only ship my dang phone. I still have a pending charge on my credit card… along with the Nexus 10 that already arrived today. If only I knew what to put in UPS mychoice for a reference, then I could find out if there’s been a label created already.

joemama

Yes, LTE radio in it, but NO LTE amp, NO LTE power, NOTHING. STOP CRYING ABOUT YOUR F-ING LTE shyt.. Give it a rest people.. If you want LTE, then DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE. And yes, I”M SHOUTING! Maricon!

Are there any sales figures for the N4? Is there any clue what the demand is? How about how many will be available in the coming weeks?

barondebxl

Mine is arriving on monday!

paxmos

Google learning from Apple to quickly go into the “3 or 4 weeks” wait time or sold out status..It is all a strategy. In a month or so, no one will have any problem ordering one off of the Play Store….My question is that such a big search and spy company on the internet failed to anticipate such huge level of interest and again failed to provide with adequate number of handsets that quickly ran out in 30 minutes??. I just don’t understand it,I cannot trust these big companies any more….

Maximillion82

Well Google relied on comments and review and most of the people (me included, sorry) were making comments about being disappointed. Due to the lack of storage, no SD slot, and no LTE. But when the first video reviews arrived, and the prices were revealed, these people were pleasantly surprised and jumped on the Nexus 4 bandwagon. This must have been too close to launch to order more to match this demand.

lee bush

My brand new nexus 4 (8gb), wouldn’t unlock this morning with the swipe feature. Had to hard boot with power off to fix it. Not a good way to start 2nd day with a brand new phone.